Elizabeth Jenkins (1816 - 1900)

Born 29 Sep 1816 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Died 28 Jun 1900 at age 83 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Elizabeth Jenkins, the eldest of James and Elizabeth's children, remained single and resided at the old Jenkins property at Dee Why- Collaroy until her death on 26th June 1900. By this time the Jenkins 'old place' was described as 'beautifully situated' but 'house rickety and tumble down' with 'no stock and no sign of life'. Miss Jenkins, herself, was regarded as extremely eccentric and described as, 'somewhat short and stubby, fresh complexioned, with reddish hair, blue eyes and no particular love of children'. She was proud of her ownership of the Jenkins property, to which she was much attached and unwilling to sell, although good offers were said to have been made.

Although she had made a Will in 1875 in favour of her family connections, she later changed this in 1894 when she became an ardent admirer of the Salvation Army, constantly in the company of their officers and members who visited and prayed with her. She made gifts of money and land to them and changed her will naming two gentlemen from Melbourne Thomas Bates Coombs and John Hendy as her executors and leaving all real and personal property to Thomas B. Coombs as principal officer commanding the Salvation Army to be used for spreading the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Family members contested the will and the Judge refused probate. An appeal by Hendy to the Full Court in May 1901 resulted in probate being granted to him.

Elizabeth Jenkins was born on 29 September 1816 and baptized on 27 October 1816 at St Phillips, Sydney^{[1] [2]} Elizabeth did not marry and died on 26 June 1900 ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages. Birth. Elizabeth Jenkins. Reference 567/1816 V1816567 7; reference 3973/1816 V18163973 1B
2. ↑ New South Wales State Archives, Thomas Davies Mutch: Card Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages 1815-1957 AONSW ref: AO Reels 2127, 2128. Elizabeth Jenkins.
3. ↑ New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Death. Elizabeth Jenkins. Reference 9502/1900

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